JPH09288698A - Budget management method for distributed user group and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to use the monetary unit of a respectively arbitrarily specified nation in the budget management of consumption resources consumed by an international user group in a distributed computing environment and to eliminate the need of putting time and labor in the conversion of the monetary unit by the managers of respective budget groups. SOLUTION: The optional monetary unit is selected and set with a monetary unit setting means 22 for the respective budget groups 11 and 12. A charging rate setting means 24 sets a conversion rate for converting the consumption of the consumption resources to a reference unit in terms of the budget management in a charging rate table 31 as a charging rate. A consumption budget normalization means 21 records the consumption of the consumption resources as consumption budgets 113 and 123 as the numerical values of the reference unit by using the charging rate table 31. A conversion rate setting means 25 sets the conversion rate for converting the numerical value of the reference unit to the numerical value of the optional monetary unit in a conversion table 32. A consumption budget conversion means 23 converts the recorded numerical value by the reference unit to the numerical value of the optional monetary unit by using the set value of the conversion table 32 and outputs it for the display of the consumption budget.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a budget management method and apparatus for distributed user groups, and more particularly, in a monetary unit of a country in which a budget for consumption resources consumed by an international user group in a distributed computing environment is arbitrarily designated. The present invention relates to a budget management method and device for managing distributed user groups.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional invention and device, there is no similar thing to the budget management method and apparatus for distributed user group of the present invention, but as an example of similar things, see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 02-77754. There is something shown. In this invention, a storage means for storing a rate for converting currencies of a plurality of countries into a currency of a specific country, an input means for inputting an amount and a currency unit, and a storage means for storing the amount and a currency unit as a set, Conversion means for judging whether the currency unit of the amount of money stored in this storage means belongs to the specific country and if it does not belong to the specific country, it carries out conversion according to the rate;
By including a calculation means for executing the count necessary for budget management in the currency unit of the above-mentioned specific country based on the conversion result by this conversion means, even if the actual input is different from the currency unit for setting the budget amount It is designed to easily perform various calculations required for budget management. An apparatus for handling currency in a plurality of countries, for example, the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-189664, has only a function of designating a currency unit and converting it into a yen unit. In contrast to this, as an example of a device that does not set a reference currency, there is the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-127995. According to the present invention, the type of each national currency to be exchanged is designated and input, and the exchange rate of each national currency stored in advance is used for the exchange conversion. However, it only functions as a currency exchange device, and no consideration is given to the combination with budget control.

[0003]

Similar to the conventional budget management device for distributed user groups described above, for example,
Assume a case in which a company with bases in Japan and the United States wants to manage budgets using different monetary units for multiple departments (corresponding to budget groups) across the two countries that perform similar work. Then, it cannot be applied to the usage such that one department is managed by "yen" and another department is managed by "dollar". That is, there is a problem that the budget cannot be managed in different currency units for each budget group.

An object of the present invention is to use a monetary unit of a country arbitrarily designated for budget control of consumption resources consumed by an international user group in a distributed computing environment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a budget management method and apparatus for a distributed user group that does not require labor for converting monetary units.

[0005]

A distributed user group budget management method according to the present invention includes a plurality of budget groups for managing the consumption of resources consumed by working user groups distributed in various regions of the world. In the budget management method of the distributed user group managed as, the upper limit of the budget is assigned by the numerical value of the monetary unit that is selected and set from arbitrary monetary units for each budget group, and the consumption resource consumed by the work of the budget group The consumption amount is converted into a numerical value in a standard unit for budget management different from the monetary unit and recorded as a consumption budget, and the recorded numerical value in the standard unit for budget management is arbitrarily displayed on the display of the consumption budget. I am trying to convert and output the value in the currency unit of.

In the budget management method for the distributed user group according to the present invention, the upper limit of the budget may be allocated by the numerical value of the standard unit for budget management.

A distributed user group budget management apparatus according to the present invention manages the user groups as a plurality of budget groups for budget management of consumption resources consumed by the user groups distributed in each region of the world. In the budget management device, a currency unit setting means for selecting and setting a currency unit to be used from arbitrary currency units for each budget group, and a consumption amount of the consumption resource different from the currency unit for budget management. A billing rate setting means for setting a conversion rate for converting into a numerical value in a standard unit as a billing rate in a billing rate table, and a consumption rate of consumption resources consumed by the budget group for budget management using the billing rate table. The standardization unit for consumption budget, which is normalized as the value of the standard unit of Conversion rate setting means for setting a conversion rate for converting into a numerical value in a monetary unit in the conversion table, and a numerical value in the standard unit for budget management recorded as the consumption budget in the display of the consumption budget of the conversion table. And a consumption budget converting means for converting into a numerical value of an arbitrary monetary unit including a monetary unit selected for each budget group by using a set value and outputting the numerical value.

In the budget management device for distributed user groups according to the present invention, the unit of management of consumption of consumption resources may be time.

[Operation] The budget management method and apparatus for distributed user groups according to the present invention includes a currency unit setting means for setting a currency unit (yen, dollar, etc.) to be used for each budget group, and a charge rate table for each resource. The billing rate setting means that sets the billing rate as a unit per unit time, the conversion rate setting means that sets the conversion rate from the unit to each currency unit in the conversion table, and the budget data of the resources consumed by each budget group A means for normalizing the consumption budget, which is a unit that does not depend on any monetary unit,
It is provided with a consumption budget conversion means for converting the consumption budget data according to the monetary unit of the budget group each time a consumption budget display request is made by an administrator.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, budget groups 11, 12,
...... is a budget group that is the target of budget management, and the budget group 11 internally allocates the allocated budget 111 (1
0000 yen), currency unit 112 (yen), consumption budget 113
(5000 yen), login time 114 (40 hours),
It has CPU time 115 (0.1 hour), budget group 12 has budget 121 ($ 200), and monetary unit 12
2 ($), consumption budget 123 ($ 50), login time 124 (40 hours), CPU time 125 (0.1
Have time). (It should be noted that the above brackets indicate the respective set values.) The allocated budget setting function 41 is a function for allocating the upper limit of the budget to each budget group,
The monetary unit setting means 22 is a means for setting the monetary unit used by each budget group, and the consumption budget normalizing means 21 does not depend on any monetary unit for each consumed resource consumed by using the charging rate table 31. The consumption budget converting means 23 is a means for converting into a unit and storing it in the budget group.
Is a unit for converting the unit display to a corresponding monetary unit, the charging rate setting unit 24 is a unit for setting the charging rate of each consumption resource in the charging rate table 31 as a unit per unit time, and the conversion rate setting unit 25. Is conversion table 3
2 is a means for setting a conversion rate when converting a unit into each currency unit.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of the charging rate table.

The structure of the table displays a billing rate (displayed as a unit value per hour) 212 corresponding to the resource name 311. In this example, if the login time is consumed as a resource for one hour, one unit is included in the consumption budget, and if the CPU time is consumed for one hour, 100 units are included in the consumption budget.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of the conversion table.

The structure of the table displays a unit conversion rate (displayed in the number of currency units after converting one unit) 322 corresponding to the currency unit 321. In this example, when the monetary unit is a yen, 1 unit = 100 yen is converted, and when the monetary unit is a dollar, 1 unit = 1 dollar is converted.

Next, the operation will be described. For the description, the names and reference numerals of FIG. 1 are mainly used, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are used as appropriate.

Normally, in budget management in a distributed computing environment, users on the network (= budget users) belong to budget groups and consume resources and budgets. As the budget group, the total resources and consumption budgets of all budget users who belong to the budget group are the consumption resource and the consumption budget of the budget group, respectively. Here, the consumption budget is the amount of money when all the consumption resources are converted into some monetary unit.

First, the budget manager first determines the charge rate table 31.
Set the billing rate of each resource by the billing rate setting means 24,
In the conversion table 32, the conversion rate setting means 25 sets the conversion rate from the unit to each currency unit. Similarly, for each budget grape 11, 12, ..., Currency unit setting means 2
From 2, the monetary unit itself used in each budget group is set to monetary units 112 and 122, and the assigned budget setting function 4
From 1, the allocation budgets that can be consumed are set in the allocation budgets 111 and 121 in monetary units. In this example, the currency unit 112 of the budget group 11 is yen, and the allocated budget 111 is 1
0000 yen is set by the monetary unit setting means 22 and the allocated budget setting function 41, respectively, and similarly, the budget group 1
2 dollars for the monetary unit 122 and 200 for the allocated budget 121
Dollars are set by the monetary unit setting means 22 and the allocated budget setting function 41, respectively.

Next, the budget group 11 has the login time 1
When 14 is consumed for 40 hours and CPU time 115 is consumed for 0.1 hour, the consumption budget normalizing means 21 and the charging rate table 3
By 1, the consumption budget 113 is 1 × 40 + 100 × 0.1 =
It becomes 50 units. In the case of the budget group 12 as well, if the consumption amount of consumption resources is the same, the consumption budget 123 will be 50 units.

In this state, the budget manager sets the budget group 1
In the case of displaying the consumption budget of 1 or the like, since the currency unit is yen, the consumption budget conversion means 23 and the conversion table 32 make 50 units of the consumption budget 113 50 × 100 = 5000.
It is converted into a circle and displayed. Similarly, when the consumption budget 123 of the budget group 12 is displayed, since the monetary unit is dollar, 50 units are converted into 50 × 1 = 50 dollars and displayed. In this way, the administrator can easily manage the budget group 11 in yen and the budget group 12 in dollars.

In the above description, the allocation budget setting function 4
When setting the consumable allocation budget from 1, the allocation budgets 111 and 121 are set in monetary units using units.
This can also be set in units of units for all budget groups 11, 12, ....

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the budget upper limit is assigned by the numerical value of a monetary unit selected and set from arbitrary monetary units for each budget group, and the consumption consumed by the work of the budget group. Convert the resource consumption into a numerical value in a standard unit for budget management that is different from the monetary unit, and record it as a consumption budget.For the consumption budget display, use the recorded numerical value in the standard unit for budget management as an arbitrary currency. Since the value is converted into a numerical value and output, it is possible to use the monetary unit of the country that is arbitrarily designated for budget control of the consumption resources consumed by the international user group in the distributed computing environment. This has the effect that the budget group manager does not have to spend the effort to convert monetary units.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a charging rate table.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a conversion table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Budget group 21 Consumption budget normalizing means 22 Currency unit setting means 23 Consumption budget converting means 24 Charging rate setting means 25 Conversion rate setting means 31 Charging rate table 32 Conversion table 41 Allocation budget setting function 111, 121 Allocation Budget 112,122 Currency unit 113,123 Consumption budget 114,124 Login time 115,125 CPU time

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A budget management method for a distributed user group, which manages the user groups as a plurality of budget groups for budget management of consumption resources consumed by user groups dispersed in each region of the world, wherein each budget group is managed. Assign the upper limit of the budget by the numerical value of the monetary unit that is selected and set from any monetary unit, and the consumption amount of the resource consumed by the work of the budget group is a standard unit for budget management different from the monetary unit. It is characterized in that it is converted into a numerical value in accordance with the above and recorded as a consumption budget, and that the numerical value in the reference unit for the budget management recorded is converted into a numerical value in an arbitrary monetary unit and displayed on the display of the consumption budget. Budget control method for distributed user groups. 2. The budget management method for a distributed user group according to claim 1, wherein the upper limit of the budget is allocated by a numerical value of a standard unit for budget management. 3. A budget management device for a distributed user group, which manages the user groups as a plurality of budget groups for budget management of resource consumption consumed by user groups dispersed in each region of the world, by each budget group. A currency unit setting means for selecting and setting a currency unit to be used from arbitrary currency units, and for converting the consumption amount of the consumption resource into a numerical value in a standard unit for budget management different from the currency unit. A billing rate setting means for setting the conversion rate as a billing rate in the billing rate table, and normalizing the consumption amount of the consumption resource consumed in the budget group as a numerical value of a standard unit for budget management using the billing rate table. And the conversion rate for converting the numerical value of the standard unit for budget management into the numerical value of an arbitrary monetary unit. Conversion rate setting means to set to bull,
In the display of the consumption budget, the numerical value in the standard unit in the budget management recorded as the consumption budget is a numerical value in an arbitrary monetary unit including the monetary unit selected for each budget group using the setting value of the conversion table. A budget management device for distributed user groups, comprising: 4. The budget management device for a distributed user group according to claim 3, wherein the unit of management of consumption of consumption resources is time.